Ornamentalism: Asiatic femininity

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Title

Ornamentalism: Asiatic femininity

Subject

These two pictures demonstrate how asiatic femininity and asian female body are portrayed in Western contexts.

Description

The picture of Anna May Wong shows the stereotypical representation of Asian woman in Hollywood.
The other one by artist Li Xiaofeng illustrates the relationship between Chinese porcelain and imagination of Asian body as inorganic.

Creator

Mengya Zhang

Source

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_May_Wong_in_Daughter_of_the_Dragon.jpg#Licensing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/klg19/17468864944/

Date

Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon, 13 January 2022
Beijing Memory No.5, 25 May 2015

Rights

Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon, public domain
Beijing Memory No.5, https://flickr.com/photos/19479358@N00/17468864944. It was reviewed on 3 May 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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